Author: Dave

American Thinker recounts the latest moves in Congress with respect to drilling for new oil resources. After reporting yesterday on Nancy Pelosi’s desire to develop a comprehensive energy bill instead of an up or down vote on lifting off shore drilling restrictions, the GOP immediately saw through her transparent attempt to make the bill so…

The Polish President is not a happy camper. He has issues with Germany and France. WARSAW, Poland: Poland’s president criticized the way France and Germany have handled the crisis between Russia and Georgia, accusing them Saturday of being too soft on Moscow due to their commercial ties with Russia. Lech Kaczynski also said that European…

It seems Russian forces in Georgia have gone static. IGOETI, Georgia — Russian forces built ramparts of earth around tanks and posted sentries on a hill in central Georgia on Saturday, seemingly digging in amid Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its forces under a cease-fire deal signed by Russia’s president. The #1 advantage of…

Yep. Russia is exporting women. Always the sign of a country in decline when the women no longer care for the local men. This has got to be a blow to Russian pride. As a commenter from Norway said in response to one of my posts here at Classical Values, the chief exports of Russia…

I was commenting at Winds of Change and some one asked if Bush had thought through his moves: And, of course, it helps to think through what comes next. Obviously given the moves and counter moves going on Russia has thought though its actions to the last decimal point and is advancing its position internationally.…

Russia has threatened to nuke Poland. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia warns Poland that it may become a priority target for Russia in the event the USA deploys elements of its missile defense system on the territory of this East European nation. To put it in a nutshell, Russia may strike…

Reports of Russians looting in Gori have been confirmed by closed circuit cameras. Euro News has a report. The government’s accusations of looting in the deserted town have been backed up by closed-circuit television images. For those left behind every day has brought news of another promised troop pull-out which has never materialised, while they…

If anyone has information on the attack of the Russian trolls – examples, how to spot them, ip addys etc. Please leave a comment. It will help us expose them and help them improve their game.

The Russian Federation has given the United States an ultimatum. It must choose between Georgia and Russia. The American answer was not long in coming. Poland and the United States reached an agreement Thursday to base American missile interceptors in Poland, the prime minister said, going ahead with a plan that has angered Russia and…

Is it 1939 all over again? No. Far from it. What we have is a much milder variety. What we have is a nudist war. On the one side white bottoms burn in the sun. On the other side conservative swimming trunk-wearers turn up their noses at the naked beachgoers. Now a heated argument has…

If this video report is true, and we should know in a few days, it proves the Russians have not changed at all. Murdering bastards. The New York Times has a report: Of gripping importance to the Georgian government now, Western diplomats and Georgian officials said, is whether the agreement gave the Russians room to…

Recently Chicago Magazine, the magazine of the University of Chicago, posted a short bit on a protest by a group of about 100 faculty members against the Milton Friedman Institute. The Chicago Maroon has more details. More than 100 academic faculty members have united in protest over the University’s soon-to-be established Milton Friedman Institute, sending…

That is a take off on the “joke” going around that the Russian troops are “touring” the beautiful Georgian countryside. This has to be another complication for the Russians. This whole Georgian episode is spinning out of control for them. It has got to be bad for business. And if there is anything the gangsters…

From: i Report Text of the Presidents message .

The Air Force Times reports that the US is going to fly supplies into Georgia. Air Force officials are putting plans together to fly supplies into Georgia following Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s order to end all military operations in the former Soviet state. Air Force C-17s flew all of Georgia’s 2,000 troops deployed in Iraq…

The war is over in Georgia and it looks, from the oulines of the peace agreement that Georgia won. I predicted that this would be the outcome in Perhaps They Miscalculated and Winning. Let us start with a report by the Volokh Conspiracy on the main points of the agreement. Russian agreements to conclude all…

A lot of folks around the ‘net are saying Russia won in Georgia. So let me pose a question. If the Russians were winning in Georgia why would they stop after 5 days? It is not their way.

There is an excellent discussion of the dust up in the Republic of Georgia going on at The Belmont Club. There is lots of news about an impending Naval Blockade of Iran. Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint US/UK/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval…

According to The American Forces Press Service American planes are flying into Georgia. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2008 – The U.S.-assisted redeployment of Georgian troops from Iraq to their home country should be completed today, a Pentagon spokesman said. American military aircraft began shuttling the brigade of Georgian forces yesterday, as clashes with Russian forces intensified…